★★★★★
August Burns Red released their most highly successful album earlier this year with Rescue & Restore. Now the fans, or those who haven't purchased the release yet, can have an added bonus that contains a documentary on DVD (or Blu-Ray -- a Best Buy Exclusive). Foreign and Familiar is a documentary that provides an in-depth look at the band's enormous 18-month tour...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2014-01-20
★★★★★
Metalcore is kind of a tired, done to death sub-genre these days, even by the admission of some of its exponents. It was cool, awesome even, in 2004 when Killswitch Engage released The End of Heartache, but it's very difficult to do anything different within the sub-genre's very set format in 2013, and bands that attempt to do so are to be admired.Pennsylvania's August Burns Red are one such band...
- www.beat.com.au
2013-07-23
★★★★★
Release Date: June 25, 2013 There's a paradox that music fans tend to have, when it comes to their favorite bands. When a band releases a record that sounds exactly like everything they've done prior, fans get outraged that the band didn't do something different. When a band releases a record that's more "mature" or merely just experimenting with a new sound or aspect to their sound, fans also outrage because it's not "like their older stuff...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-07-22
★★★★★
Release Date: June 25, 2013 Over the last five years, metalcore has grown tremendously; so much so that roughly two-thirds of the Warped Tour lineup every year falls into or near the genre. As tends to happen when a genre explodes, popular trends and gimmicks start trickling their way into bands' works until it becomes tough to distinguish one band from another. Hey, if it sells, it sells, right...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-07-15
★★★★★
Now a decade into their career, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, quintet August Burns Red have stated they are on a mission to revive metalcore from its self-induced coma of conformity, and their latest, Rescue & Restore (the title being a nod to said crusade), puts the band's music where their collective mouth is...
- altpress.com
2013-06-29
★★★★★
Like it or not, August Burns Red has a perfect record when it comes to releasing solid metalcore albums, there's no denying that. Since Thrill Seeker, the band have consistently raised the bar with hope filled, encouraging lyrics and technical musicianship. Heck, they've even put out a memorable Christmas album. Rescue & Restore is without a doubt the band's finest offering to date, and will be the album fans will be constantly referring to many years down the road...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-06-25
★★★★★
Solid State Records Released June 25, 2013 Reviewed by Anthony Peronto "Metalcore is not an interesting genre at this point." So says August Burns Red guitarist JB Brubaker in an interview earlier this year. He's got a point; metalcore is the most musically stagnant genre of them all and is why a majority of albums that come my way have disappointed me in some way or another...
- christianmusiczine.com
2013-06-25
★★★★★
Simply put, things haven't been the same for August Burns Red post- , which is to say, they have been. The group found their niche and have stuck to it ever since, even on much of their latest, . It's ironic that the most interesting track on August Burns Red's new album is titled "Creative Captivity." The song is primarily instrumental, and comes with none of the boundaries imposed by metal as a whole, or the even stricter expectations of August Burns Red's sound...
- exclaim.ca
2013-06-25
★★★★★
Metal is on its death bed -- or at least that is what the astute observer will argue. At first glance, it would appear that metal is in fact thriving like it never has before: there have never been so many fans; there have never been so many bands. But therein lies the problem. About ten years ago when the sub-genres were really starting to branch off, we had our selection of holy rollers like Blindside, As I Lay Dying, Extol, or Haste the Day while Jimmy was still vocalist...
- www.jesusfreakhideout.com
2013-07-15
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